Cal State Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton 79, at Southern Illinois Edwardsville 57: D.J. Seeley scored 24 points and Isiah Umipig added 18 as the Titans (4-3) never trailed. Kwame Vaughn had 15 points and nine rebounds for Fullerton. Cal State Fullerton had a 45-41 lead in the second half when Umipig sparked a 17-7 run with two three-pointers. Mark Yelovich scored 14 points for the Cougars (1-5). at Pepperdine 73, Hawaii 67: Corbin Moore scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures for the Waves (4-3)

MEN at San Diego State 77, Long Beach State 73 (OT): Jamal Franklin hit two free throws with 3.9 seconds left in overtime to seal the win. Franklin scored 14 of his 21 points after halftime for the Aztecs (5-1). Casper Ware led the 49ers (2-1) with a game-high 26 points. Larry Anderson scored 25 points for the 49ers. In its previous game on Wednesday, Long Beach State won, 86-76, at No. 9 Pittsburgh. at Boise State 103, Cal State Northridge 61: Thomas Bropleh's 20 points led Boise State the Broncos (3-0)

Cal State Fullerton 73, Nicholls State 63: D.J. Seeley scored 18 points and Omondi Amoke had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Titans (2-0) at Lafayette, La. The Colonels (0-3) got to 63-60 with 4:51 to play, but scored only three points the rest of the way. The difference was at the foul line, where Fullerton made 24 of 35 free throws, to 12 of 21 for Nicholls State. at Youngstown State 53, UC Riverside 49 (OT): The Penguins (3-0) scored the last seven points in overtime, securing the win at the free-throw line after Highlanders Coach Jim Wooldridge was called for two technical fouls and ejected with 1.4 seconds left.

No spectators or media were allowed into UCLA's scrimmage Thursday, so you had to take Bruins Coach Ben Howland's word about how it went. Not that he was very forthcoming. "I can't give you any stats, any score, any numbers," Howland said of his team's contest against Cal State Fullerton at the Sports Arena, citing NCAA rules. "Nothing. It's really strange, I know. " Maybe it's just as well. Howland didn't have much good to say about UCLA's ability to stop the Titans.

A checklist for UCLA's first basketball scrimmage could go something like this: See where sophomore center Josh Smith is in his conditioning. Evaluate the battles for the starting spots at shooting guard and small forward. Make sure the Bruins' 11 NCAA championship banners are hung straight inside the Sports Arena. UCLA gets the first taste of its new "home" at 4 p.m. Thursday when it plays host to Cal State Fullerton in a closed scrimmage. The Bruins will play 14 of their 18 home games this season at the Sports Arena while Pauley Pavilion undergoes renovations; their other home games will be played at Honda Center.

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Cal State Fullerton has turned to another former Titans assistant to lead its baseball program. The university announced Friday that it had hired Rick Vanderhook as coach. He replaces Dave Serrano , who left for Tennessee. Vanderhook, 50, received a three-year contract. Other terms were not disclosed. He has been UCLA's hitting and outfield coach the last three seasons, but he is a former Fullerton player and longtime assistant. "It is an honor to be back as the head baseball coach at Cal State Fullerton," Vanderhook said in a statement released by the school.

Dave Serrano, who guided Cal State Fullerton's baseball team to the College World Series in 2009, has been hired as the coach at Tennessee, the school announced Wednesday. Serrano, who reportedly will be paid about $500,000 per season, is one of 11 coaches to lead two programs to the College World Series. UC Irvine, with Serrano as coach, reached Omaha in 2007. "Dave is a proven winner and is a perfect fit," Joan Cronan, Tennessee's interim vice chancellor for athletics, said in a prepared statement.

Nick Ramirez represented the tying run and then, one foul popup later, he didn't. Just like that, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team's season came to an end Sunday in an NCAA regional. Held to one run and one hit through five innings, Illinois (30-26) scored six runs late, including three in the eighth inning, and beat the Titans, 7-5, at Goodwin Field. "We jumped out to a 4-1 lead, and they kept clawing back," Fullerton Coach Dave Serrano said. "We let them hang around enough and we left the door cracked open enough for them to come back.